By SANTOSH MOHANTY
Boycott of three-tier panchayat poll is gaining ground rapidly in Athamallik and Pallahara Sub-Divisions in Angul district as most villages in these regions are beset with problems as their chosen political representatives never cared to solve them.
Latest reports said that people of Taptajharani, Bandabhuin and six villages of Luhasinga gram panchayat in Pallahara and Athamallik Sub-Divisions respectively have declared that they will refrain from voting as their basic problems have not been looked into by the elected candidates.
The villagers said Sarpanches and Zilla Parishad members used to dole out false promises to resolve their problems during campaigning in every five year, but they forget all the assurances given to the villagers after gaining power.
Villagers of Taptajharani alleged that years have gone by but none of their representatives fulfilled their promises to resolve water scarcity issue of their village. The village has one tube well for over 120 families and most often it becomes defunct, the villagers said and added it was set up several decades ago.
'We fetch water from a rivulet which is contaminated with wastes of wild animals. We have no option than to use water from the stream to quench our thirst. Our chosen representatives have betrayed us for decades and the time has come to give them a fitting reply', the villagers reasoned.
Earlier, six villages of Luhasinga gram panchayat in Athamallik Sub-Division have decided to boycott poll protesting negligence by elected representatives who never cared to solve the road connectivity problem for years. The villagers alleged that they are deprived of healthcare facility due to poor road connectivity. Patients and pregnant women die during monsoon as they could not be shifted to hospitals due to absence of road, Luhasinga villagers said and added that officials from the administration never visit their place to understand for themselves how miserably they are living in far off regions.
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